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In the last century, Colombia was the second largest coffee producer in the world, after Brazil, until Vietnam overtook Colombia in coffee production in 2000. The centuries-old tradition of coffee cultivation has left Colombia with important cultural assets, with unique coffee landscapes and Spanish colonial-style houses in the foothills of the Midwest of the Andes Mountains. In 2011, it was applied to become the World Heritage site of the United Nations-Colombian Coffee Cultural Landscape. In addition, in order to market Colombian coffee, in 1960 the Colombian Coffee growers Union launched Juan Valdez Images as a spokesman, successfully bringing the image of coffee growers to the consumer market. Because Colombian coffee beans are rich in production and grow in high mountains, with a mellow taste and rich layers. Therefore, for a long time, coffee industry has used Colombian coffee with good items and large beans to imitate Blue Mountain Coffee, which is called Blue Mountain flavor coffee.

The province of Caldas, Colombia (Caldas), is within the area of the coffee cultural landscape. The cooperative has more than 4000 members, 93 per cent of whom are proprietors, and half of its output is sold on a fair trade basis. The cooperative's Fair Trade Fund is mainly invested in three projects: 1. Provide community health examination and health care. 2 provide training courses to improve the human resources quality of women while encouraging women to serve as department managers. 3. Course on improving agricultural technology and safe use of drugs.

This batch of coffee beans from the Caficultores de Manizales Cooperative is Kaddura, which is washed and planted at a height of about 1200 to 1600m. It is roasted with dark chocolate and malt, with aromas of red fruit and apple.

Gobi coffee beans are well-known in the world, and the washed beans have always been the representative of high-quality coffee. After a specific gravity check and manual inspection of the defective beans, the coffee beans are bagged after careful inspection, so the quality of the coffee can be guaranteed.

In the coffee bean grading system of Costa Rica, supremo is the highest level, and it is the largest and most expensive coffee bean in Costa Rica, with very few defective beans and grains. And supremo is the highest quality product of big-grain beans purchased from the NO.17 website.

Spices and fruit acids are the most important features, toast-like incense, bright fruit acidity scattered after entering the throat, followed by a mellow taste of sweetness and bitterness, which is highly compatible with other coffees, so it is also used to increase flavor and mellowness in high-quality mixed coffee.